case errors.HasStatusCause(err, corev1.NamespaceTerminatingCause):
		// if the namespace is being terminated, we don't have to do
		// anything because any creation will fail
		return nil, updateStatus, err
	case errors.IsAlreadyExists(err):
		// If the job is created by other actor, assume it has updated the cronjob status accordingly.
		// However, if the job was created by cronjob controller, this means we've previously created the job

	_, err := kl.kubeClient.CoreV1().Nodes().Create(context.TODO(), node, metav1.CreateOptions{})
	if err == nil {
		kl.nodeStartupLatencyTracker.RecordRegisteredNewNode()
		return true
	}

	if !apierrors.IsAlreadyExists(err) {
		klog.ErrorS(err, "Unable to register node with API server", "node", klog.KObj(node))
		return false
	}